Tuesday, November 29, 2011

I always liked reading in my laptop a Tamil daily, Dinamalar, for their news and analysis. I am aware that this daily is anti DMK and anti Karunanidhi. Is this the reason I liked this daily? I don’t know. May be. That is another post for some other day.

A few hours ago, I saw a breaking news in Dinamalar. It said:

Stalin Magal Maranam (Stalin’s daughter died)

When we mention “Stalin” in Tamilnadu (or in India), we immediately associate the name with Mr. Karunanidhi’s son Mr. Stalin, who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamilnadu. He is 58 years old and has a daughter, Senthamarai.

I was shocked to read the news. I thought Stalin’s daughter, young Senthamarai died. My thought process goes like this:

Senthamarai is young. She had an accident? Was she sick? So many other questions and concern as a human being.

Two hours later, after many reader comments/complaints, the daily Dinamalar, changed their caption to: